He also made an apt analogy here which I took to be a reflection on his attitude to the Mccann situation.

In 1975 when we started International Musician, you

24 know, when you start a new publication and you're 22,

25 23, it's very important -- the advertising is very

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1 important. And basically in the first issue one of our

2 major advertisers was called Marshall, Marshall

3 Amplifiers. In the first issue, Marshall had brought

4 out an amplifier which was solid state. Before that he

5 was known for valve amplifiers. The reviewer in the

6 first issue said, "This amplifier will electrocute you,

7 this amplifier should be withdrawn from the market."

8 You know, you can imagine how I felt, having sold

9 Marshall loads of advertising and, you know, a friend,

10 in inverted commas, a business friend in inverted

11 commas, but at the end of the day the article went in,

12 Marshall went berserk and we lost the advertising for

13 six months. But what happened was after six months

14 Marshall did withdraw the amplifier, yeah? And he did

15 then put his advertising back in for his valve

16 amplifiers.

17 The point of a long-winded story is that I learned

18 at the age of 22 that actually the editorial integrity

19 is the most important thing, and you -- you know, thank

20 God we did the right thing and nobody was electrocuted,

21 and back to papers, to answer your question directly,

I think he was saying, look the editiorial was right on the Mccann's, we initially lost money for it but one day we'll be proved right!

With regard to Panda and the negative things written about him, he explains why all the other papers did that in the enquiry.http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/hearing/2012-01-12pm/ - In short he was making commercial business decisions and turning around a newspaper that was making a 24million loss, He stated that the newspapers accused him of everything! short of murder

Lillyofthevalley wrote:Desmond is no fool you could see that when he was questioned, he's a thorn in Team McCanns side (I say that because he will have tons of stories regarding the whole lot of them waiting to go to print), he is just waiting for his chance, imo he is the Man who is going to start the ball rolling, you see

I have always felt he is just biding his time and will retaliate big time when the time is right.

He used Carter Ruck for a 2009 libel case.....so if something WAS to happen, will CR be involved, and if so, will their choice of clients depend on who has the most money?

Chris: I think some are forgetting the Express has been one of the worst for simply trotting out the PR stories over the past couple of years. RD is only interested in what sells his papers whether it be Fayed fed Diana stories or Clarrie inspired fairy tales from Rothley.

loopdaloop: With regard to Panda and the negative things written about him, he explains why all the other papers did that in the enquiry.http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/hearing/2012-01-12pm/ - In short he was making commercial business decisions and turning around a newspaper that was making a 24million loss, He stated that the newspapers accused him of everything! short of murder

As usual in such matters the truth about Desmond is somewhere in the middle. To assess this position as regards the establishment and other newspapers, it's worth reading the vitriol printed about him in yesterday's Telegraph and take that together with what is written about the McCanns in the same article. IMO it's a perfect demonstration of 'the establishment' prepared to back anyone in order to score against someone they hate. Hence we have all the platitudes trotted out about the McCanns' grief for their missing daughter etc. ad nausem with no mention of the doubts which surround their role in the affair whatsoever. anything to condemn that 'evil', *heartless' Mr. Desmond. This is what we on this forum are up against, as is Desmond. But, Desmond is in a better position to actually do something about it and I am sure that he will not let the opportunity slip by if it presents itself. Perhaps he'll even do something to precipitate that opportunity? Yes, the Express has 'form' in trotting out the PR stuff from the spokesman, but they also have form in not always towing the line. Wasn't the Express the only newspaper to actually debunk the socalled 'investigation' into the Barcelona Posh spice lookalike with a bit of investigative journalism?

Lillyofthevalley wrote:Desmond is no fool you could see that when he was questioned, he's a thorn in Team McCanns side (I say that because he will have tons of stories regarding the whole lot of them waiting to go to print), he is just waiting for his chance, imo he is the Man who is going to start the ball rolling, you see

I have always felt he is just biding his time and will retaliate big time when the time is right.

He used Carter Ruck for a 2009 libel case.....so if something WAS to happen, will CR be involved, and if so, will their choice of clients depend on who has the most money?

Lillyofthevalley wrote:Desmond is no fool you could see that when he was questioned, he's a thorn in Team McCanns side (I say that because he will have tons of stories regarding the whole lot of them waiting to go to print), he is just waiting for his chance, imo he is the Man who is going to start the ball rolling, you see

I have always felt he is just biding his time and will retaliate big time when the time is right.

He used Carter Ruck for a 2009 libel case.....so if something WAS to happen, will CR be involved, and if so, will their choice of clients depend on who has the most money?

HiDeHo CR are in business to make money (not to work for free behind the scenes as Kate tell us), when the chips are down they will know who the best team is to support, and imo it will NOT be the McCanns.Carter Ruck like a lot of lawyers/solicitors will be happy to be connected to the McCann case it does get a lot of publicity worldwide, but if you can't afford them they arn't going to work for you for free, maybe "no win no fee" (if they no they can win the cases), but certainly not for free, this is why they are happy to beg for money for the fund, its keeping CR ticking over AIMO.

I read somewhere that Desmond was looking for Government approval on some purchase application he was making and did a deal with Tony Blair not tocontest the Tapas 9 case. It resulted in a payment by the DE of nearly £1 million to the Tapas 9 plus their Legal Fees and Court costs, and the application was passed.